Absorbantnut's '87 325is

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[squidmaster]

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[AbsorbantNut]

Went to Sebring this past weekend & did HPDE. Had a blast! Here's some pics.







Hanging out with some friends.




Came in WAYYY to early on the toilet bowl here lmao








And my cat just couldn't wait to see me as soon as I got back home

[AbsorbantNut]

Props for working on your car in that sandwiched between 2 others!

Haha, thanks man, the parking lot has treated me well so far:D

Here's some pictures of the smaller filter, finally allowed me to put my 4th headlight back in!





Then Hans came over & decided to critique my turbo set up:giggle:



I also just got this in the mail as of a few minutes ago!!!



Now I don't need to keep making turbo gaskets every few weeks:mrgreen:

And just a few more days until this:eeek:

[jaywood]

Props for working on your car in that sandwiched between 2 others!

[AbsorbantNut]

And of course a GE intake boot. Any plans to dyno?

Silicon intake boot is high on my to do list. I have a brand new stock one zip tied up, and it's holding...for now:p I would like to get it on the dyno, but right now I just spent my money on a whole weekend of HPDE in Homestead(March 23-24th)!!

So in other news, I finally got around to putting in the front struts. The rear Bilsteins are blown, so I'll get them rebuilt later down the road, but I have some KYB gas-adjust shocks that are working just fine for now. I also swapped the front springs for some 4" hypercoil 400lbs ones I purchased from Einstein57. The car is much smoother now, I no longer feel every bump in the road, reflector, branch, or paint line anymore:pimp:



Out with the old....
warning:super old picture!!


And in with the new!




Comparing the new & old


The passenger side strut was destroyed!


I decided now would be a good time to shorten the bump stops, so here's the regular length




Ended up taking off just the first nub


Also had to raise the perches up because the new springs are 3' shorter than the old(7'')

And here's where it all took place!

[einstein57]

Very interesting. I have a similiar setup sitting in my garage. Just different plumbing and intercooler. And of course a GE intake boot. Any plans to dyno?

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that's the real deal right there!

[AbsorbantNut]

So Spring Break has ended and it's back to school! Before I headed back up I found some time to do an oil change, buy a smaller air filter so I could finally put my 4th headlight back in, and I swapped my front springs to 4" 400lbs ones and lowered it a little bit more. Really helped out everything, the extra inch really took away a lot of wheel gap It also made the 5 hour drive back up much smoother. I think that the other springs were at least in the 600s, which was waaaaaaaaaaay to stiff.

In other news I went to the South Florida meet, hung out, and some people took some pictures of my car. Here they are!

[squidmaster]

I'll never understand why you rusted the car. The paint looked so pretty!

[AbsorbantNut]

Quick pic of the boost gauge location. It's very functional!

[CHIF8008]

Freakin awesome

[AbsorbantNut]

It's a 13c then, if it ever blows you should try the 15g. Same instant boost, but it's just much better

I was thinking more along the lines of hx35 ;)

Not sure if I missed it, but what'd you do for engine management?

It's the ecu from the Condor Speed Shop 2012 grassroots motor sports car, the 2002 with the m20 turbo. If I remember correctly, Ben & John at WOTTECH retuned it; it's a stock ecu, not megasquirt. I just had to watch my wideband & tweak the m30 AFM to get the AFRs right.

[Vivek]

Not sure if I missed it, but what'd you do for engine management?

[ncbrock]

It's a 13c then, if it ever blows you should try the 15g. Same instant boost, but it's just much better